Rekindle: October Almanac

Fair Folk is back in operation after a year's break! This episode shares some of the folkloric themes of October: it's the pagan start of winter, and features spooky post-harvest customs of feeding the dead, love longing, rekindling the community fire, and a cute dose of shoe folklore. Call for key collaborators in the Pagan Monastery Project: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jq9XCt29MqQXEaRNtnoUj4n_5LObtqmWf-F-g8fGdto/edit?usp=sharing Listen to the Pagan Monastery Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pagan-monastery-podcast-with-danica-boyce/id1610505250 Listen to the Pagan Monastery Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7xFdHUx1nJqge8Oq9Bs1GY?si=53d91206134049e8 Join the Mailing List: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62d72c01da642d55a9868141 Listen to the October Almanac playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vxucYP0zGjsH2AxfwlayL?si=d5ae8d42bbbe473f Fair Folk’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fairfolkcast Listen to Our Supernatural Landlords: folklorist Terry Gunnell on northern European winter guising traditions: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/fair-folk-podcast/id1177770160?i=1000501474652 Songs featured in this episode: Tam Lin by Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer Buy Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer’s album: https://anaismitchell.ochre.store/release/250476-anas-mitchell-jefferson-hamer-child-ballads Cheshire Souling Song by Cantorion CynWrig Singers Buy the Cantorion CynWrig Singers’ music: https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/cantorion-cynwrig/156043718 Holland Handkerchief by Chris Foster Buy Chris Foster’s music: https://chrisfoster1.bandcamp.com/music Who’s Gonna Shoe my Pretty Little Foot by Barbara Dane Buy Barbara Dane’s music: https://barbaradane.bandcamp.com/ “Old Jacky Frost” by the Wildness Yet Buy the Wilderness Yet’s music: https://www.thewildernessyet.com/shop.html The Wilderness Yet on Bandcamp (digital): https://thewildernessyet.bandcamp.com/ Opening theme: Forest March by Sylvia Woods Buy Sylvia Woods’ music: https://www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds Some sources for this episode: Andreas Nordberg “Ritual Time and Time Reckoning.” The Pre-Christian Religions of the North: History and Structures, Volume ii, 725 On Shoes in walls: https://ztevetevans.wordpress.com/2020/08/12/strange-folklore-the-mystery-of-concealed-footwear/ For more info on boots and shoes and Hedwig: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781315166940-13/boots-saint-hedwig-jacqueline-jung Recipe for Hedwigsohlen (Hedwig's soles pastries): https://catholiccuisine.blogspot.com/2014/10/soles-of-st-hedwig.html British Calendar Customs: England (1942) Polish Customs, Traditions and Folklore. 1996. Kevin Danaher. The Year in Ireland. 1972.